// $Id: less.h 470 2008-05-27 16:27:22Z agjermun $
// A simple less-than templated comparison class - requires the operator '<' from both types
//
// ml278
// Copyright (C) 2008 Bjørn Øivind Bjørnsen, Aleksander Gjermundsen, Knut Andre Tidemann, Thomas Hansen
//
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#ifndef __LESS_H
#define __LESS_H

/**
 * A very simple templated class used as an equivalent as the less-than operator when sorting
*/
template<class L, class R> class Less 
{
public:
        /**
         * overloaded operator
         * @param left the left element to compare
         * @param right the right element to compare
         * @return true if the first parameter is less than the second
        */
	bool operator()(const L &left, const R &right) const
	{
		return((left).operator<(right));
	}
};

#endif //#ifndef __LESS_H
